Lepidium

taxobox
name = "Lepidium"

"Lepidium", commonly known as the peppergrasses or pepperworts, is a genus of plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed.

Species

* "Lepidium africanum"
* "Lepidium amelum"
* "Lepidium biplicatum"
* "Lepidium bonariense" - Peppercress
* "Lepidium campestre" - Field Pepperwort or Field Cress
* "Lepidium catapycnon"
* "Lepidium densiflorum" - Common Pepperweed
* "Lepidium desvauxii" - Bushy Peppercress
* "Lepidium didymum"
* "Lepidium draba" - Hoary Cress
* "Lepidium drummondii"
* "Lepidium echinatum"
* "Lepidium ecuadoriense"
* "Lepidium englerianum"
* "Lepidium fasciculatum" - Bundled Peppercress
* "Lepidium flavum"
* "Lepidium flexicaule"
* "Lepidium foliosum" - Leafy Peppercress
* "Lepidium fremontii" - Desert Pepperweed
* "Lepidium genistoides"
* "Lepidium ginninderrense"
* "Lepidium graminifolium"
* "Lepidium howei-insulae"
* "Lepidium hypenantion"
* "Lepidium hyssopifolium"
* "Lepidium heterophyllum" - Smith's Pepperwort
* "Lepidium jaredii" - Jared's Pepperweed
* "Lepidium latifolium" - Pepperweed or Dittander
* "Lepidium latipes"
* "Lepidium lyratogynum"
* "Lepidium merrallii"
* "Lepidium meyenii" - Maca
* "Lepidium monoplocoides" - Winged Peppercress
* "Lepidium montanum" - Western Pepperweed, Mountain Pepperweed
* "Lepidium nitidum" - Shining Pepperweed
* "Lepidium oxycarpum" - Forked Pepperweed
* "Lepidium oxytrichum"
* "Lepidium papillosum" - Warty Peppercress
* "Lepidium pedicellosum"
* "Lepidium peregrinum"
* "Lepidium perfoliatum"
* "Lepidium phlebopetalum"
* "Lepidium pholidogynum"
* "Lepidium platypetalum" - Slender Peppercress
* "Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium"
* "Lepidium pseudoruderale"
* "Lepidium pseudotasmanicum"
* "Lepidium puberulum"
* "Lepidium quitense"
* "Lepidium rotundum" - Veined Peppercress
* "Lepidium ruderale" - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort
* "Lepidium oleraceum" - Cook's Scurvy grass (near extinct)
* "Lepidium sagittulatum"
* "Lepidium scandens"
* "Lepidium squamatum"
* "Lepidium strictum"
* "Lepidium sativum" - Garden Cress
* "Lepidium thurberi" - Thurber's Peppergrass or Thurber's Pepperweed
* "Lepidium virginicum" - Virginian Peppercress
* "Lepidium xylodes"

References

* ISBN 0-89672-614-2
*cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=LEPIDIUM|title="Lepidium" |accessdate=2009-02-30|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra

External links

*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP32.pdf| title = Inland "Lepidium" recovery plan 2000-2010| year = 2000| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-10-04
*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp26.pdf| title = Coastal Cresses (Nau) Recovery Plan| author = D.A. Norton; P.J. de Lange| year = 1999| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-19-04